Bottle-washer



UNITED ST T S PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST F. DUMKE AND AUGUST DUMKE, OF MILWAUKEE, \VISCONSIN.

' BOi'TLE-WASH E RQ sPEcIrIoA'rIoN forming art or Letters P-atent No. 630,583, dated December 11, 1894.

Application filed September 27; 18:94-

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, Aueosr F. DUMKE and AUGUST 0. DUMkE, citizens of the United 7 States, and residents of Milwaukee, in the 5 county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,

have invented certain new and useful Im-J provementsin Bottle-\Vashing Machines; and we do hereby. declare that the following is. a full, clear, and exact description. thereof.

1o Our invention relates to bottle washing ma-- chines, and consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combinations of parts, as

will befully set forth hereinafter and-subse quentlyclaimed.

('15 In the.drawings, Figure 1 is an end 'e'l'evatail side-elevation of the upper part thereof, 12o. partly insection on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, and also with portions removed. Fig. 3 is a tion of our device, partially broken awayand with portions-thereof removed to betterillustrate details ofconstruction. Fig. 2 is a tie B 0 represent the end pieces of a frame sup ported upon and secured tothe top of this tank, as shown at a, a. The top of each end' piece B and C is formed with a bearing, 19, to

I receive a shaft D,. se.cured in place, thereon by suitable caps c, and screwbolts d.

In the flower-part ofv the tankA are ar- 3 5 ranged two pairsof vertical guides e e, bolted to the inner surface of thewallsof saidtank as shown at f, onlyone of :these pairs of guides beingf sho'wn inhig'. 1, together with the slide E, vertically movable in said guides,

40 part o'fonewall of the tank with its attached gguides andithe'adjacent slide being broken away; At the "upper .end' of each slide is'a. 'ldg'yg, having a screw-threaded perforation 1 .th'erethrough, to receive averticallymovable 2: 5 screw-rod'F controlled by a hand-wheel h.

G isfa shaft journale'd looselx in the said vertical slides E, and; fast-on this shaft are :.twosprocket-wheels-H, and as these 'areer =actly inline with each other,;.only'- one.of

so these sprocket-wheels Hshows in Figsd," this each pair of corresponding links of the two 4 O is a slotted-guide, projecting from the end Serial No. 524,249. ,(No model.)

wheel hiding the wheel that isadjacent to .thc guides andslide shown in said figure. I I represent a pair of similar sprocketwheels fast on'the upper shaft D, and J J designate sprocket-chains connecting the upper and lower pairs of sprocket-wheels.

' Thede'scribed arrangement ofgnides, slides and screwrods constitute chain tightening -devices, and in Fig. 1, the hand-wheel h shown hides the other hand-wheelappertain- 6o ing to the screwrod F shown in full lines in said figure. v

1 K K K designate the bottle receiving and carrying buckets, o eof which is secured to" S chains, said buckets extending transversely from one chain to the other, and being formed with transverse partitions ii i to form aseries ofcompartments, sothat a. series of bottles can be carried at onetime. These buckets are further provided with perforationsj j j, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and with'doors k, hinged to the buckets as shown-atm 111., one door closing allthe partitioned spaces of an entire bucket. Each link of the sprocketchains J is provided with an angularlyprojecting flat plate, n, which is riveted to the adjacent end of a bucket. and at each end, next to this plate, each bucket isprovidedj 'fi, 0.

with a springlocking latch L having acatclior lug 0 projecting inward to keep the doors k closed, and a proj ecting end 1) to serve as a trip or release, at the proper momeninwhen it is desired to permit-said doors to open;

Projecting from one side of the end pieces B andC are brackets q towhich'ispivoted; y as shown at r, a feeding table M, he said table being preferably provided with transverse partition stripss which should correspend in number and location to the de 90 scribed partitions-z ofthe buckets K." N-(Fig. 1) is one-of a pair-of lifting arms, pivoted at itslower end,-as shown at t, to the table M, and having a hook mat its' upper end, terminatinginaxcurvedtrip v. 5

piece B, the lifting. arm Npassing through the slot in, said gdide,'as shown, and wfis a rouudeditripping lugon-th'e upper part of the said end-pieceB. Theend-piece O, is pro- Ice B and G, are studs :2: or, on which are sup-' ported gear-wheelsPP which mesh with pin-.-

ions Q Q fast on the power shaft D, above. One end of this power shaft extends beyond the adjacent end-piece B of the frame and carries a worm-gear-wheel R to which motion from any suitable source of poweris transmitted by means of a worm-shaft S, the said source of power and ordinary connections. not being shown.

The gear-wheels P are formed with an arc-slot 31 therein, within which slot is adj ustably secured a pin ,2 projecting outwardly from said gear-wheel for engagement with the hook it of the liftingarm N, as hereinafter described.

T T represent levers centrally pivoted as shown at a to brackets or lugs 12' on the end pieces B O. The upper ends of said levers T are designed for engagement with beveled or inclined cams c on the inner faces of the described gear-wheelsl I, while the lower ends'of said levers rest between lugs d (1' on horizontal slides U U, which in turn move in guide-ways e e on the endsof the receiving table V, the latter being supported by braces orbracketsf on the opposite side of thetank A from the feeding table M, andsimilarly provided with transverse partition strips g g. The described slides U are provided with upward projecting arms h terminating in con vex-faced tripping disks t" for engagement with the described projecting ends 1) of the locking-latches L. The upper ends of the levers T are prevented from moving too far, in eitherdirection, by means of slotted guides W, the said ends passing through the said slots of the guides, which latter are secured go the end-pieces B and O, as best shown in The operation of our device will be readily understood from the foregoing description of its construction taken in connection with-the accompanying drawings. It must be understood that tliesize of the gear-wheels and pinions and the number of teeth thereon are to beproportioned accordingto the size and height of the elevator and the number of buckets employed, so as to predetermine the speed 9f the device, a'nd.con-

sequent length of time that the said buckets will remain immersed in the water, and the number of times that each bucket will be filled and emptied before its contents are finally ejected upon the receiving table V, and v as this is a matter that may be varied in definitly according to circumstances, we do .not wish to limit ourselves to any exact matevery link of the chains five inches in length.

This would give the'elevator ninety buckets.

five minutes. Suppose the pinions Q had thirty-six teeth and the gear-wheels P ninety two teeth,..that.would .open every forty-sixth bucket, bythe described mechanism. If the gear wheels P had each ninety teeth, they would open twobuckets in every revolution of the chains,-butit would loe the same buckets every time. No'w bytliaving ninety-two teeth, instead of ninety, with each time that a bucket is opened to discharge the bottles therein'contained it willbe the next following bucket to that lastope-ned, and therefore, withthe proportions andfiguresgiven in the foregoing example,ev ery bottle=in tfheielevator will remainin place. for three hours and fifty minutes, and will be filled with water the pins-z op -under the hooks it near thei1p. per ends of. the lifting ,arms- N, and as the" wheels 1? continue to revolve, the said arms N'raise the table M,a-nd;the bottles-X therein slide by gravity into the partitioned chambers in said bucket, anda'sithe wheels P turn, the curved trips e or? the'extreme upper ends of the lifting arm'sN nextcomein contact with the rounded trippinglugs'w on the end-pieces B and O, which serves to'force said arms outward and free theirhook-su from engagement with the described pins. .2 on said wheels P, when the'feeding table M at once drops by gravity to its former place, the guides 0 pro-- venting said arms N from falling too far outward. The operator then closesthe door 70 of this bucket K (the locking latches 'L yielding to receive the door and hold it closed) and places afresh supply of bottles X upon the table to fill the next emptied bucket. When the gear-wheels P in their continued revolution, have reached the point where the beveled or inclined cam-lugs 0" upon their inner surfaces are against the levers T the said cam-lugs force the upper ends of said levers inward, or

toward each other, and the lower ends of said levers-are thereby forced outwardly, drawing the slides U with them, and consequently foreing the tripping disks 7: of he arms h of said and emptied forty-sixtimes, thus insuring'a slides against the projecting ends 10 of the locking-latches L on'the bucket which is adjacent to the receiving table V at" this time, which action withdraws the catches or lugs 0 on the latches L from beneath the door k of this bucket and permits the said doorto swing open by gravity andallow the bottles in said bucket to slide out upon the receiving table V. Having thus described our invention, what 6 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. In a bottleewashingmachine, the combination of a tank or well, a suitable support: ing frame, an elevator comprising sprocket- 5 .wheels mounted in the frame and a pair of sprocket-chains the links of the latter. being connected by transverse bottle-holding buck- I ets,mechan1'sn1 for automatically openingthe doors of said buckets and emptying-them of u 20 cally feeding bottles-into said buckets, and

said bottles, other mechanism for automatioperating gearing relatively proportioned to L a predetermined number of revolutions;sub-' cause said buckets to open successively after stantially as set forth. i v 2. .In a bottle-washing machinethe combination with a tank or well, a suitable supporting frame andan elevator comprising suitable shafts, pinions, sprocket=wheels,and a" pair of sprocket-chains the links of the latter being connected by transversebottle-holding buckets, of a bottle-feeding table pivoted to said frame, gear wheelsjin mesh with-the pinions on the upper shaft of the said elevator,

pins onsaid gear wheels, lifting arms pivoted tially as set forth.

vator, beveled or inclined cam-lugs on said 6 said feedingtable, and provided with hooks for engagement with said pins, and terminat ing in curved trips, and tripping lugs on sa frame for engagement with said trips, substan 3. In a bottle-Washing machine, the cembination with a tank or well, a suitable support, ing-frame, .and an elevator comprising su1table shafts, pinions, sprocket-wheels and a" pair of sprocket-chains the links of the latter being connected by transversebottle-holding buckets, of a bottle-receiving table secured H:

to said frame, gear-Wheels in mesh withthe pinions on'the uppershaft of the said elegear-wheels, hinged doors and spring locking latches on said buckets, slides on said receivoted to said frame, one end of each lever projecting'in the path of one of the said cam each lever-being in engagement with one or said slides on the said receiving table, sub- In testimony that we claim the-foregoing we stantia'lly as set forth.

'ing' table, providedwith tripping arms in engagement withssaid latches, and levers piv- "lugs on thegear-wheels andthe other endpf. V

have hereunto setour hands, at Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of ,Wiscoh- 

